what gatekeeping ‘kin is:
-telling people that they “can’t kin outside their race/disability”
what gatekeeping kin is not:
-correcting misinformation,
-telling people they have incorrectly labeled themself (otherkin has an actual definition that’s been around way longer than tumblr.)
-telling people that you cannot choose you kintypes
-suggesting labels that may fit someone’s experience better than ‘otherkin’
this has been a psa